parangolé

noun

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The verdict

“parangolé” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #69,054 among 3,113 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,054
frequency rank, Portuguese
3,113
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - conversa fiada

Key facts for parangolé
PropertyValue
Headwordparangolé
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#69,054
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “parangolé” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). parangolé lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

parangolé is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #69,054 among 3,113 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for parangolé, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is parangolé, spelled P-A-R-A-N-G-O-L-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    conversa fiada
  2. 2
    mistura de manto aristocrático com capa de mendigo

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "parangolé"?
"parangolé" is spelled P-A-R-A-N-G-O-L-É.
What does "parangolé" mean?
As a noun, "parangolé" means: conversa fiada
What language does "parangolé" come from?
"parangolé" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “parangolé”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-A-R-A-N-G-O-L-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list